You can see Nick’s “pretty” drawing referred to during this workshop here.

This talk was recorded at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania 2017 Conference in Melbourne. You can find out more information about this conference here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/oceania-conference/

You can listen to other talks from this conference here.

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Talks recorded by Progressive Podcast Australia and Vegan Sci podcast. You can also listen to a recap of the conference on episode 179 of Progressive Podcast Australia.

Below is further information about the talk from the conference booklet, available here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/booklet/

There have recently been critiques of single issue campaigns circulating within the Animal Advocacy Movement. Single issue campaigns focus on one particular product or form of animal exploitation, examples include anti-fur campaigns and advocating against the dog meat trade. Some of these critiques focus on the racist and/or colonialist overtones of

campaigns demonizing the practices of non-Western countries. The campaign against the dog meat trade, is an example of a campaign that has attracted such criticisms. Another critique is that campaigning against one product/form of exploitation will simply see it

replaced with another, leading to no “net gain” in terms of reducing animal suffering and/or death. Sometimes such critiques are accompanied with a call for animal advocates to

promote veganism (encourage members of the public to become vegan) instead, as this focuses on addressing all animal exploitation in regards to animals used for food, rather than focusing on certain products/practices.

This discussion will explore some of these critiques, as well as proposing some examples of single issue campaigns where one or even both of the critiques may not apply. Such

campaigns include opposing kangaroo slaughter and duck shooting in Australia. We will also discuss some limitations of vegan advocacy.

                Nick Pendergrast has taught Sociology for many years, lecturing on a wide range of         topics, including the social construction of terrorism. He currently teaches Sociology                 at the University of Melbourne. He has a PhD in Sociology and his thesis applied

                sociological theories on social movements and organisations to the animal advocacy       movement. He has also had many years of experience as an animal advocate, as well            as being active in other social movements. He co-hosts the social justice podcast     Progressive Podcast Australia (www.ProgressivePodcastAustralia.com).

                Lara Drew has recently submitted her PhD at the University of Canberra (Australia) in    Adult Education. Lara’s other research and writing interests include radical adult education, anarchism, feminism and the body and anti-capitalist positions. Lara is a                project director for the Oceania Institute for Critical Animal Studies chapter, on the   executive board for the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, co-runs and co-writes for    Veganarchy and participates in various grassroots campaigns for animal liberation.

Jessica Ison is a queer working class femme and an anti-capitalist high heel                                          fanatic. She is the Representative for the Institute for Critical Animal Studies,                                          Oceania and a PhD Candidate and tutor at La Trobe University on Wurundjeri                          land. Jess is also a rescuer for the Coalition Against Duck Shooting, and editor                       for the journal Writing from Below. In her spare time she can be found                                 ranting about prison abolition, queer revolution and fermentation.

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